Slaughterbots: fictional film arguing to ban autonomous weapons
Stop Autonomous Weapons · 8 min · 2017 · YouTube title: Slaughterbots
Why it's here
HN invokes it as the standard reference whenever drone swarms, autonomous weapons or military AI come up in the news.
What it covers
Slaughterbots is a fictional short film, backed by Stuart Russell, depicting swarms of cheap autonomous drones that use facial recognition to assassinate targets. It was made to argue for banning autonomous weapons.